State comparison · 2025
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors salary: Pennsylvania vs Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors in Washington earn a median of $82,670. In Pennsylvania, $60,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.3% — not 26.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.4%
Pennsylvania vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-19.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Pennsylvania
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $60,880
- p25
- $51,160
- p75
- $78,460
- p10
- $46,200
- p90
- $97,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +29%
Washington
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors
- Median
- $82,670
- p25
- $65,470
- p75
- $104,690
- p10
- $57,980
- p90
- $125,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.